Automobile seat holder



Oct. 4-, 193$. J. F. LESCALLEET 3 AUTOMOBILE SEAT HOLDER Filed July '14,1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 43 Q6 V A Inventor Lf07Z7Z FLEJCJZZeeZ,

Oct. 4, 1938. J. F. LESCALLEET 2,132,305

AUTOMOBILE SEAT HOLDER Filed July 14, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PatentedOct. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT ,OFFWE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a seat holder which is mainly designed for useon a front seat of the coach type of automobile, the general object ofthe invention being to provide means for holding 5 the seat in raisedposition with the rear seat rest pulled forwardly-so that one canreadily enter the rear part of the automobile or leave said part withoutinterference from the seat and its rest, the invention also facilitatingplacing of articles in the rear part of the automobile or removing themtherefrom.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of several parts, to be herein-:5 after fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings where- 20 in like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a seat of an automobile, showingthe invention applied 5 thereto, the floor of the automobile being shownin section.

Figure 2 is a rear view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a side view, similar to Figure l, but showing the seat inraised position.

In these drawings the letter A indicates the seat which is supported atits front by the legs I which are fastened to the floor B and arepivoted at their upper ends to the brackets 2 attached to the bottom ofthe seat. A U-shaped leg 4 has the ends of its limbs pivoted to thebrackets 5 attached to the rear of the seat and in carrying out myinvention I attach a cross piece 6 to the bottom of the seat anappreciable distance in front of the brackets 5 and fasten a hinge leaf1 to the center thereof. A bar 8 has its upper end pivoted to this leaf1 and its lower end is connected by a pivot bolt 9 to the ends of a rearbar I and a front bar I I, the other end of the front bar I I beinghingedly connected to the floor as shown at I2 and the other end of thebar I0 being hingedly connected to the central part of the bight of theleg 4, as shown at I3. As will be seen the adjacent ends of the bars 8,I0 and II overlap and the one bolt 9 pivots the three ends together. Oneend of a spring I4 is connected to the bolt and its other end to aconnection I on the bottom of the seat adjacent the front thereof. Astop I6 having a beveled end extends rearwardly from the bar 8 and ispositioned to engage the bar II] when the parts are in raised position,as shown in Figure 4.

When the seat is raised the bar 8 pulls upwardly the bars I0 and II andthe bar I0 pulls forwardly the leg 4 at the-rear of the seat and thespring I4 pulls the bars slightly forward of a straight end lineposition so that the seat will not fall back to its original positionbut will remain in lifted position, as shown in Figure 4. The stop I6engaging the bar I0 will act to limit the forward movement of the bars 8and I I, thus holding the seat in the proper position.

As before stated the raising of the seat and the moving forward of therear leg enables persons to readily pass by the seat in leaving andentering the automobile and in putting bundles or the like in theautomobile or removing them therefrom and as the seat remains in raisedposition the hands are left free as they are not needed to hold the seatin raised position.

It is thought from the foregoing decription that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:-

1. The combination of a vehicle seat pivotally mounted adjacent thefront end thereof, a rear leg pivoted thereto, a bar hinged to anintermediate part of the bottom of the seat, a rear bar pivoted to therear leg, a front bar extending forwardly from the rear bar, the freeends of all of said bars being pivoted together, a spring connected tothe pivotal point and the front part of the seat, and a stop forlimiting the forward movement of the bars when the seat is lifted.

2. The combination with a vehicle seat pivotally mounted adjacent thefront end thereof, a rear leg pivoted thereto, a vertical bar hinged toan intermediate part of the bottom of the seat, a complemental barextending forwardly from said vertical bar a front bar pivoted to therear leg, the free ends of all of said bars being pivoted together, andmeans including a spring connected to the pivotal point and the frontpart of the seat for holding said seat in tilted position, and adaptedto swing said leg forwardly when the seat is raised.

JOHN F. LESCALLEET.

